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Jerzy Buzek
The European Parliament elects former Polish PM Jerzy Buzek as its new president - the first from the former communist bloc.

Lithuania's parliament backs a law restricting certain information, including on homosexuality, from reaching minors.

The throwing of a bride's bouquet at an Italian wedding ends in disaster when the flowers cause a plane to crash.

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